Metallic tie and rail-fastener.



PATENTED JULY 30, 1907. V w. A. MAITLAND, v MBTALLIG' TIE ANDRAIL-,FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED 'A PR. 30, 1907.

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WILLIAM A. MAITLAND, OF SHARON, PENNSYLVANIA.

METALLIC TIE AND RAIL-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July so, 1907.

Application filed April 30, 1907. i9-1 371,140.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. MAITLAND, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Sharon, in the county of Mercer and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMetallic Ties and Rail-Fasteners, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Thisinvention relates to metallic ties and rail fasteners, and theinvention aims to provide a novel tie of the I-bearn construction uponwhich the confronting ends of two rails can be fastened without the useof nuts and bolts.

My tie is particularly designed for a fastener embodying a chair inwhich two splice bars are placed for embracing, in conjunction with thechair, the sides of rails. I use the tie of the I-beam constructionwhereby the chair can be constructed to slide upon the top flangesthereof and prevent the vertical displacement of the chair, while pinsextending through the chair into the top flanges of the tie prevent thechair from shifting, after it has been once placed in position.

The detail construction entering into my invention will be hereinaftermore fully described and then speciflcally pointed out in the appendedclaims, and referring to the drawing forming part of this specification,like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of one end of thetie constructed in accordance with my invention, illustrating a fastenerin connection therewith, Fig. 2 is an elevation of a portion of a tieillustrating the fastener in cross section, Fig. 3 is a cross sectionalview of the tie and the fastener.

The metallic tie 1 is of the I-beam construction and has its upperflanges 2 provided with two vertically disposed openings 3. Adapted toslide upon the upper flanges 2 of the tie 1 is a chair 4 having inwardlyextending flanges 5 adapted to embrace the edges of the upper flanges 2of the tie. The chair 4 is provided with two vertically disposedopenings 6 adapted to aline with the openings 3 whereby prior to placingthe rails 7 upon the chair, headed pins 8 can be placed in the openings6 and 3, to prevent lateral displacement or shifting of the chair 4.

In order that the sides of the rails 7 will be firmly held upon thechair, I form the same with upwardly extending flanges 9 adapted toengage the sides of the rails 7 beneath the heads thereof. Between theflanges 9 and the web portions 10 of the rails 7, I mount splice bars11, which are recessed, as at 12 to allow for the expansionandcontraction of the rails 7 The splice bars 11 rest upon the baseflanges 14 of the rails 7 and embrace the web portions 10 of said rails,forming a positive fas tener for the rails 7 and providing practically acontinuous tread for the rolling stock adapted to pass over the rails.When the rails 7 are placed in position, it will be impossible for theheaded pins 8 to become disengaged from the tie and the chair, and itwill be equally as impossible for the chair to become detached from thetie.

Such variations in the minor details of construction as are permissibleby the appended claims, may be resorted to without departing from thespirit and scope of the invention.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with rails and a tie, of the I-beam construction forsupporting said rails, of a chair slidably mounted upon the top flangesof said tie and having inwardly extending flanges adapted to embrace theedges of the top flanges of said tie, headed pins extending through saidchair and the top flanges of said tie, upwardly extending flangescarried by said chair and e1nbracing said rails beneath the headsthereof, and recessed splice bars interposed between the sides of saidrails and said upwardly extending flanges for embracing the sides ofsaid rails.

2. In a metallic tie and rail fastener, the combination with rails, of atie of the I-bealn construction adapted to support said rails, a chairslidably mounted upon said tie, pins extending through said chair intosaid tie, upwardly extending flanges carried by said chair and embracingthe sides of said rails beneath the heads thereof, and recessed splicebars interposed between said flanges and the sides of said tie.

In testimony whereof I aflfix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM A. MAITLAND.

Witnesses:

J. H. ELLIOTT, FRANK W. Dnnscn.

